Monday, May 17, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0421ESUNSET:  1901E ANOTHER WARM DAY WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS, SCATTEREDSHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AROUND THE REGION… Plenty of sun this morning has now become a mix of sunand clouds thanks to… Read More »

Sunday, May 16, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0422ESUNSET:  1900E WARM AND BREEZY AT TIMES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ANDTHUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY… Variable amounts of cloud cover have been the theme today,but we’ve seen enough sun to get temperatures into… Read More »

Saturday, May 15, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0423ESUNSET:  1859E MORNING SUNSHINE GIVING WAY TO DEVELOPING CLOUDS AND EVEN SOMEBRIEF RAIN SHOWERS… Plenty of sun this morning allowed for rapidly risingtemperatures. As a matter of fact, the temperature spiked11 degrees… Read More »

Friday, May 14, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0424ESUNSET:  1858E BRIGHTER AND WARMER THAN YESTERDAY ATOP GREATBLUE HILL… Today has generally featured more in the way of sunshine –particularly in the morning – compared to yesterday’sconsiderable diurnal cloudiness. Ski conditions were clearfrom early morning through… Read More »

Thursday, May 13, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY MAY 13, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0425ESUNSET:  1857E WARMER WITH A LIGHT NORTHWESTERLY WINDATOP GREAT BLUE HILL…. Today we observed almost clear skies this morningturning into partly cloudy skies as the day went on.Visibility was great at 75… Read More »

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY MAY 12, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0426ESUNSET:  1856E INCREASING CLOUDS WITH A COOL WESTERLY BREEZE…. Today we observed almost clear skies this morningturning into a near overcast as the day went on.Visibility was great at 75 miles, and… Read More »

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0427ESUNSET:  1855E BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES, BUT WINDY…. Some early morning cloudiness moved out leaving us withabundant sunshine for the balance of the day. Howeverrather strong mixing from aloft is helping… Read More »

Monday, May 10, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, MAY 10, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0428ESUNSET:  1854E OVERNIGHT RAIN ENDS, MAINLY CLOUDY DAY IN IT’S WAKE…. We got a decent drink of rain overnight with 0.39″ falling.This brings the month to 1.78″ which is 0.67″ above normalfor… Read More »

April 2021 Summary – Warmer and Sunnier Than Average

Blue Hill Observatory April 2021 Summary: April was warmer and much sunnier than average. The 24-hour adjusted mean temperature for the month of 47.0 deg F was 2.1 degrees warmer than the 1891-2020 130-year average for April, and it was 0.7 degrees warmer than the 1981-2010 30-year average. The average maximum temperature of 57.2 deg… Read More »

Sunday, May 9, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0429ESUNSET:  1851E ANOTHER GOOD VISIBILITY DAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS…. Today became overcast, starting from almost cloudlessskies at the 7 A.M. observation. Visibility is holdingat 75 miles on average, and we have observed… Read More »